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The Eee Slider has many people drooling over it’s sleek lines and specs and there’s news that a 32GB model of the Asus Eee Slider will be coming our way soon, but that also means that they will ditch the 16GB model. Folks in Europe will be able to get the 32GB model for €499, we just don’t know when.

We also have no info on what the delay is about, but it is likely a software issue. There is a 3G version coming in 2012 as well.

Eee Pad Transformer users have some good news today. Asus has confirmed that you can get your Android 3.2 fix on tomorrow. ASUS has confirmed that the update will arrive tomorrow, on July 28th.

There should not be very many surprises since ASUS is sticking with stock Honeycomb, but we can hope for a few fixes included as well as more general Android updates that are run of the mill. This is great news for Eee Pad Transformer owners.

ASUS’ Eee Pad Slider, the SL101, has had several delays since it was unveiled at CES earlier this year. It was originally to launch in May 2011 and then it was pushed back to August. Now today the Slider has hit the FCC, so we may see it soon. The Slider got approval for Bluetooth and WiFi, but there were no 3G capabilities mentioned in the FCC filings.

The Slider has a trademark sliding keyboard that emerges from beneath the screen. The Android 3.0 device boasts a 10.1-inch screen with a 1280 x 800 resolution, front (1.2MP) and rear (5MP with flash) cameras, and several ports including microSD, mini HDMI out and mini USB. It is expected to have a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor.

A new all-in-one desktop PC from ASUS called the ET2011AUTB is a great space-saving machine with a 20-inch 1600 x 900 multi-touch display, a 1.60GHz AMD E-350 processor, an AMD A50M FCH chipset, 2GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a webcam, a DVD SuperMulti drive, an SD card slot, and WiFi.

It runs on either Windows 7 Home Premium (SP1) or Professional (SP1). The ASUS ET2011AUTB will arrive in August for about $800 with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 or about $890 with Professional SP1.

Other features include a 15.6 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and it comes with two 750GB hard drives, USB 3.0, 8GB of DDR3 RAM which can be expanded up to 16GB, a Blu-ray combo drive and Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

If you own a Lamborghini, why not get the wireless WX-Lamborghini mouse to go along with it? It made it’s debut at the FCC last year, but is finally coming out of hiding and can be yours for about $55.

It comes in black and white and there’s also a limited edition yellow unit coming. Other features include 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity, a 2500 dpi laser sensor, four buttons, a scroll wheel resembling the rims of the sports car, and leather-like side grips.

That super thin Eee PC X101 is getting ready to arrive at retail in July. That’s when you’ll be able to pick one up for $199. (That’s the MeeGo version) There’s also the Windows 7 versions (X101H) starting at just $310.

To refresh your memory, it features a 1.33GHz, single-core Atom N435, a six-cell battery, and a small SSD (probably 16GB). Do you want one? Looks sweet in red.

We knew that the new Asus UX 21 Ultrabook would retail for under $1,000 and now DigiTimes is saying that Asus will release the UX21 Ultrabook in September for $899. That would make it $100 cheaper than the 11 inch MacBook Air which retails for $999, and Asus certainly wants to compete with the MacBook Air.

The Asus UX21 features an 11.6 inch display and an Intel Core i7 processor. Will they take some sales from Apple with this one? We are eager to find out.

ASUS has confirmed that the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update for the Eee Pad Transformer tablet will be arriving tomorrow. The Android 3.1 update includes several upgrades, like bringing Movies from the Android Marketplace, re-sizable widgets, USB host support, full flash support for Flash Player 10.2, and more.

That’s good news for Eee Pad Transformer users, if you have been lucky enough to find one in the US. That’s not an easy task. Maybe now Asus can work on getting more available.

Check out these images of the Asus Padfone that surfaced online. It’s being introduced tomorrow and is a package that consists of an Android smartphone and tablet to dock inside. The phone is basically fully swallowed up by the “Pad” when the two are merged and it looks pretty good.

Full specs and functionality will likely be revealed tomorrow at Computex in Taiwan, and we can’t wait to hear the details. We do know that it should be available in two colors.

For those of you who have been waiting for the arrival of the ASUS Eee PC 1015PX Netbook, we have some good news. Asus has now started shipping their new netbook and it is now available to purchase. To refresh your memory, the new ASUS Eee PC 1015PX is powered by an Intel Atom N570 Dual Core Processor 1.66Ghz, and has 1 GB DDR3 SODIMM memory, which can be increased up to 2 GB.

There’s also a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 screen and it runs Windows 7 Starter edition. There are two versions of the netbook: the 1015PX-PU17 with a 56W/h battery providing “up to 11 hours” of battery life and the 1015PX-MU17 with a 48W/h unit for maximal “10 hours” of battery life.

If you have been waiting for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, you won’t have much longer to wait. We also now have a price. The 10.1-inch Transformer with its 1280 x 800 IPS panel and 16GB of storage will cost you $399. The 32GB version will cost you $499.

The docking station that almost turns it into a laptop is $150. The device is expected on Tuesday, April 26th. If you already have your money saved, then all you need to do is wait.